Kamet


Kamet
Elevation:7,756 metres (25,447 feet)
Latitude:30° 56′ N
Longitude:79° 35′ E
Location:Uttar Pradesh, India
Range:Himalayas
First ascent:1931 by a British-Nepalese team
Easiest route:glacier/snow/ice climb


Kamet is the second highest mountain in the Garhwal region of India; Nanda Devi (7,816m) is the highest. Kamet was the first mountain of the Himalayas over 25,000 ft (7,620m) to be climbed.

While attempts to climb Kamet began in 1855, the first ascent was not made until 1931 by Frank Smythe, Eric Shipton, R.L. Holdsworth and Lewa Sherpa of a British-Nepalese expedition.

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